North Shore Death Notices: Feb. 12 To Feb. 18

The following death notices were added to funeral homes serving the North Shore area in the past week. Those homes have provided obituaries for some of those that have passed away recently. Patch offers condolences to their loved ones, links to their obituaries and notices of upcoming services below.

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove

Blossom Seigel, 105, Grayslake
Service Feb. 21

Susan Beth Barezky, 46, Northbrook
Service Feb. 22

Michael Ferdinand, 76, Skokie
Service Feb. 25

Jean S. Gottlieb, 100, Chicago

Richard Alan Shapiro, 96, Chicago

Josephine F. Kovitz née Ray, 94, Bloomingdale

Joyce E. Fogel née Zolotar, 91, Mount Prospect

Tamara Salganik, 86, Chicago

Joan Irene Rosen, 84, West Bloomfield, Michigan

Ralph Ruebner, 80, Skokie

Micha Gruber, 76, Chicago

Fern Moss Kalai, 74, Skokie

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Alexander Vroustouris, 69, Chicago
Visitation Feb. 22, service Feb. 23

Nicholas F. Becker, 98, Skokie

Heather Lartz née Holmes, 95, Lincolnwood

Nancy Calkins Taylor, 95, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Margarita Salcedo née Amor Carreró, 78, Skokie
Service Feb. 21

Josephine E. Podgorniak née Golda, 93, Skokie
Service Feb. 22

Nelia de Jaico Lim, 77, Morton Grove
Visitation Feb. 22, service Feb. 23

Lawrence Share, 68, Skokie
Service Feb. 25

Frank Warner Wahle, 83, Skokie

Pamela S. Reidy, 79, Skokie

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Betty Lee Johnson, 87, Evanston

Magdaline Fortune, 36, Chicago

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Blvd. in Wilmette

Irene Boguslavsky, 84, Chicago
Service Feb. 21

Judith Hindin, 95, Morton Grove
Service Feb. 22

Harris D. Kohn, 94, Buffalo Grove

Earl Burt Abramson, 90, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Loretta Ellen Becker née Silverman, 86, Skokie

Annette Helen Roos Faber, 85, Chicago

Bonnie Joan Davis, 69, Skokie

Karen Jaimovich, 69, Skokie

N. H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home, 1240 Waukegan Road in Glenview

Audrey Anderson Adams Hegener, 100, Northbrook
Visitation Feb. 21, service Feb. 22

Ian Ormond Lisk, 91, Glenview
Service March 9

Mary Eversull Blanchard, 90, Northbrook

Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park

Sharon Lorene Wilson, 87, Deerfield

Laura Lee Diamond née Petrie, 65, Northbrook

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood and 11 West Belvidere Road in Grayslake

Deborah Marie Pavlick née Moloney, 69, Lake Forest

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Dennis C. Suder, 87, Lake Forest

Carol Hiromi Morita-Torcivia, 59, Highland Park

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest

Frances “Joy” Yates, 96, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Nancy Calkins Taylor passed away on February 12, 2024, one week short of her 96th birthday. A 50+ year resident of Evanston, IL, Nancy was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on February 19, 1928 to Charles and Anne (Casey) Calkins. She was preceded in death by the love of her life of 62 years, Harry G. Taylor.

She is survived by her children Charlie (Lizzy), Mary (Donald) Vogel, Anne (Steve) Persaud, Ed (Susie), and Richard (Lisa); grandchildren Stephanie (Omar) Salem, Theresa (Brent) Abas, Colleen (Andrew) Bednarz, Karl Vogel, Thomas Vogel, Anna Vogel, Nicholas Taylor, Henry Taylor and great grandchildren Sydney Salem, Cairo Salem, Elianne Abas and Harry Bednarz. She was the beloved aunt of numerous nieces and nephews.

A proud graduate of Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, Nancy started her professional career as the first Admissions Director there. After marrying Harry in 1957 they moved to Saint Mary-of- the-Woods, Indiana where they began raising their 5 children. A job for Harry at Northwestern University brought the family to Evanston where Nancy eventually began her career at the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Nancy was a member of St. Athanasius Church for 57 years where she served as both a eucharistic minister and sacristan. She had a great love for the northwoods of Wisconsin, especially St. Germain, where she spent many happy times with generations of family and friends.

She was a tremendous role model for her daughters, granddaughters, and nieces, blending family, career, and public service into a life well lived. She took great joy in welcoming one and all into her home over the decades for after school snacks, Saturday tailgates, happy hours, special holiday gatherings, or a simple meal with friends. She was well into her 90s when she cheered for her Wildcats from the upper deck for the final time.

Obituaries and images may be submitted to your Patch for publication: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Bluff-Lake Forest, Niles-Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, Winnetka-Glencoe-Northfield, Wilmette-Kenilworth

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